It was the best of times and the worst of times... In data centers, the world around de-duplication is pretty much a "check box" item anymore. That is, it's pretty much standard functionality within most data protection platforms ...

With respect to data protection (I'm not going to call it backup, people. I much prefer smarmy and fancy words. Then again shiny objects fascinate me, too!) jobs and such, there's a number of questions that one can expect to be asked. I know ...